Côtis-Capel

A school has been named after Côtis-Capel

Côtis-Capel (22 January 1915 – 30 October 1986) was the pen name of Albert Lohier, a Norman language poet. He was from La Hague and wrote in the Haguais dialect of Cotentinais.

Bibliography

• Poetry collections
  • Rocâles (1951),
  • À Gravage (1965), prix littéraire du Cotentin
  • Raz-Bannes (1970),
  • Graund Caté (1985),
  • Les Côtis (1985).
• Posthumous novel
  • Ganache lé vuus péqueus (1987).

Certain of his poems have been set to music by the group Magène.

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